{"id":18940,"date":"2021-08-16T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/https-www-nobraineragency-co-uk-blog-uncategorised-seo-reporting-to-stakeholders\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T09:05:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T09:05:19","slug":"seo-reporting-to-stakeholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/seo-reporting-to-stakeholders\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO Reporting \u2013 What stakeholders need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reporting on SEO performance to the business stakeholders is really important, but it can be difficult to find the right balance of what you should be reporting on vs throwing all of the data you have at them.<\/p>\n
Keeping regular reports short is essential, as no stakeholder wants to read a 50+ page document but need to tell the reader more than simply traffic levels and conversions \u2013 there are much more effective ways to report on the value that SEO services<\/a> are adding to your business.<\/p>\n This blog takes a look at some of the fundamentals that you should report on and some useful SEO reporting tools to help you present the information in an effective way.<\/p>\n The exact metrics and data that you should include in a website SEO report will depend somewhat on the specifics of your business, your objectives, and the kinds of SEO activity you\u2019re carrying out, but essentially the major areas to cover in monthly or quarterly reports will include:<\/p>\n The SEO metrics<\/a> that best illustrate performance will vary from business to business. An online brand that focuses mainly in their local area is going to have different KPIs to a global business with various international audiences.<\/p>\n The key to choosing the right metrics is to tie everything back to the business\u2019 objectives and the activity that you have included in your SEO strategy to move towards these goals. For most businesses, this will include measuring areas such as:<\/p>\n But there well may be other indicators of progress to include in your SEO improvement reports, depending on the specific areas of the site performance you\u2019re focusing on with your SEO activity.<\/p>\n For example, if you\u2019ve been working on providing more content for every stage of the buyer journey that will keep people on site longer and move them towards a purchase decision, then useful metrics could include:<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to separate vanity metrics from meaningful metrics. Keyword ranking improvements could be worth reporting on, but only if the results of those keyword ranking changes mean that your conversions have increased.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve been doing lots of technical SEO fixes, it probably won\u2019t help anyone to start listing each thing you\u2019ve done and why in a report to stakeholders, but a simple checklist of technical activities completed will give a good indication of the progress made in that area. Additional information can always be given if requested (sometimes, less is more!).<\/p>\n It\u2019s also important to report on conversions effectively. If your site is ecommerce, then ensure you report on transactions and revenue separately to any other goals your site might have e.g. email sign-ups.<\/p>\n Depending on the metrics you\u2019re tracking, you might find that simply taking data from Google Analytics is enough for your reporting needs. Many businesses may find that more is needed though, in order for them to get the full picture of performance.<\/p>\n While there are plenty of SEO reporting tools around that offer dashboard features, Google Looker Studio<\/a> enables you to draw in data from several different types of sources to this one place, which can be hugely beneficial in keeping reports concise and consistent over time, so the SEO progress made is clear. Two of the main sources for an SEO report are likely to be Google Search Console and Google Analytics, which can both easily feed into a single report using Looker Studio. It can also update in real time, which means things can be checked at any time throughout the month.<\/p>\nWhat should be in an SEO report?<\/h2>\n
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Choosing the right SEO metrics to report on to stakeholders<\/h2>\n
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Setting up a SEO reporting dashboard<\/h2>\n
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